Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
Ingersoll, Robert G. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1. Dresden Publishing Company, 1902, p. 433.
Both Mrs. Roosevelt and the President, wealthy sophisticated “city” people, went out of their way to learn about rural life in the country, and they both were always champions and defenders of agriculture and rural America—much more so than many politicians who came from rural states.
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic". Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.